“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural cure for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.'“
—Simone Weil
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“She worried, as so many female writers before and after her, that women’s want of a thorough education was leading some to “degenerate into a kind of effeminacy,” a sentimentality “in which she is satisfied to be the mere plaything or toy of society, content with her outward adornings” and other superficialities. To become a “true woman…
Angel in the Waters (amzn.to/3RUhG0c) is a modern* classic, and the best for talking about a new sibling growing. Parents are gonna cry though.
*anything post-dating my childhood is modern.
Reading Beautiful Books to/with Children (2-5 year olds edition)
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With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?
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I have known this to happen many times over the years.
I feel like this image perfectly encapsulates left wing environmentalism
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He fled violent gangs in El Salvador that were threatening him and his family.
A U.S. court protected him from deportation. He got a work permit, a job, a wife, and three kids. No criminal record. Then ICE deported him anyway—by "mistake"—and dumped him into a Salvadoran prison built to house the very gangs he ran from.
No trial. No heari…
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This little book has been on my heart for a long time.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I want to pray more... I just don’t know where to start,” you are exactly who I wrote this for.
30 Days to a Stronger Prayer Life: A Catholic Woman’s Guide to Daily Prayer
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Holy week triptych, Ethiopia, 16th century.
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Tomorrow, instead of the usual interview, I’ll be sharing a meditation on the suffering and death of Our Lord—featuring the profound insights of St. Thomas Aquinas. It’s Holy Week, and I hope this helps you draw closer to Christ.
I have never used AI. Not ChatGPT, not anything, not even once.
Am I a Luddite?! Is everyone else using this except me?
(This won’t sway me to start, but I’m genuinely curious.)
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They knew that Rumeysa Ozturk had done nothing wrong. They sent masked men to grab and detain her anyway.
They knew Abrego Garcia had a protection order from deportation. They sent him to a foreign jail anyway.
They know the Supreme Court has told them that Abrego Garcia must be returned. They don’t care.
There is no debate any more. This president is a direct threat to the Constitution of the United States.
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I ran one telephone pole at a time today.
After months of doctor's warnings and a repaired ACL that wouldn't cooperate, after months of resignation and adjustment to a slower pace…
Something in the spring air whispered "try."
So I did. Just one telephone pole's distance. Then I walked for the next and ran another. Then another.
My knee didn't complain. My breath remembered its rhythm. My soul remembered something, too.
💙 Our bodies carry more possibilities than our fears would have us believe.
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“The Enlightenment turned us away from truth and toward a darkling weakening horizon, sad and grey to see. The afterglow of Christianity is near gone now, and a stygian silence lurks in wait.”
— Norm Macdonald
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The Cross is the way of Paradise, but only when it’s borne willingly.
—St. Paul of the Cross
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This is insightful. As a Catholic — a cradle Catholic, but an intellectual one — I spent a long time jumping, like Qoheleth, from one pursuit to another in order to find meaning, to “prove” myself, as it were. That included a lot of intellectual pursuits and attempts to master Catholic theology.
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While I absolutely still hold an integralist position as regards relationship between Church and state (and I think it is silly for anyone who believes in the Bible to think that secularism is the ideal), I’ve come to realize that a lot of discourse about “Catholic politics” is really just people taking their own opinion, finding a quote from a saint or pope that agrees with it, and then declaring anyone who disagrees a heretic.
While there are certain principles given to us by the Church, there…
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5 ONE-BREATH PRAYERS FOR OVERWHELMED MOMENTS
1. Be still, my anxious heart. (Psalm 46:10)
2. Not my strength, but Yours. (Philippians 4:13)
3. Christ before me, Christ within me. (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
4. In this chaos, You remain. (Hebrews 13:8)
5. I offer this frustration as incense. (Psalm 141:2)
Sometimes the deepest prayers aren't long, just honest.
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Amelia McKee is terrific and does a much better job on the Krafft stations than I did.
The Stations of the Cross and the Seven Falls in Medieval Germany
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Schopenhauer Got Evil Backwards—Here’s Why Aquinas Was Right
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My Jesus, mercy!
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My AI skepticism is muy grande, but I just tried activating it on my phone because you can just call out Bible verses and it will give you multiple translations.
Next up: “Hey Siri, show me where sola scriptura is in the Bible. Siri? Hello?”
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Every time I see another hot take about how Palm Sunday is a protest (?) and Jesus was there to free the Jews from the Romans (please stop) I’m going to reshare this—sorry!
You're Still Missing the Point
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“The greatest tragedy of our time is not the sinfulness of the world, but the silence of the Church.”
—Cardinal Robert Sarah
Biden says Hunter’s prosecution was a “miscarriage of justice.”
But the solution shouldn’t be a pardon unilaterally decided by the president. Trump abused that power and will do so again.
The pardon power should be transferred to a system in which people other than the president can prevent abuse.
since the majority of Americans voted for a convicted felon with 91 criminal charges, who pardoned Jared Kushners dad etc. I don’t think us dems should be doing purity tests on Biden for pardoning his son.
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Agree.
Then we are no better.
